Synonyms for racy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : rey-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈreɪ si |
Top 10 synonyms for racy Other synonyms for the word racy
- blue
- bright
- broad
- buoyant
- clever
- distinctive
- exciting
- exhilarating
- fiery
- forceful
- forcible
- gingery
- heady
- immodest
- indecent
- indelicate
- keen
- mettlesome
- peppery
- piquant
- playful
- pungent
- purple
- rich
- salty
- saucy
- shady
- sharp
- smutty
- snappy
- sparkling
- spicy
- spirited
- sportive
- sprightly
- stimulating
- strong
- suggestive
- tangy
- tart
- tasty
- vigorous
- vivacious
- wicked
- witty
- zesty
Définition of racy
Origin :- 1650s, "having a characteristic taste" (of wines, fruits, etc.), from race (n.2) in its older sense of "flavor" or in the sense "class of wines" + -y (2); meaning "having a quality of vigor" (1660s) led to that of "improper, risqué," first recorded 1901, probably reinforced by phrase racy of the soil "earthy" (1870). Related: Racily; raciness.
- adj energetic, zestful
- adj risqué, vulgar
- The day was clear, the sun bright, the air full of racy health.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- He told us that story about the artist's model in quite a racy fashion.
- Extract from : « Doctor Luttrell's First Patient » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
- Then news from England, five months old, was fresh and racy.
- Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 » by Various
- It was racy and insolent with heliotrope; he hurled it to the floor.
- Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry
- His conversation during his European trip was bright and racy.
- Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
- “Sure, sor, he wanted the praste fur to soign it,” said the other in his racy brogue.
- Extract from : « Young Tom Bowling » by J.C. Hutcheson
- I should be sorry to go as far as that; but I own I like his quaint, racy style.
- Extract from : « Lover or Friend » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
- There was a racy, wholesome gusto in his enjoyment of novelty and independence.
- Extract from : « Lucretia, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- After all, in many cases, it is what they call 'racy idiom.'
- Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith
- It is a dry, business-like process, but how racy Boz made it.
- Extract from : « Bardell v. Pickwick » by Percy Fitzgerald
Antonyms for racy
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